An unexpected centre
When I arrived at Oxford to begin the MSc Global Healthcare Leadership, I anticipated a world of thought shaped by rigour, breadth, and the weight of long tradition. What I did not foresee, though I came to treasure it, was the presence of something more intimate and
Author’s Note: This article forms part of an ongoing reading of Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, considered in relation to questions of institutional life, leadership, and governance. These reflections inform a broader body of work at the intersection of philosophical foundations and practical institutional responsibility.
In April 2026, I led a three-part seminar series titled “Leading Change in Complex, Resource-Constrained Health Systems: The Reality of the DRC.” Hosted by the Higher Institute of Nursing Sciences (ISSI), the series brought together healthcare professionals working in conditions that resist easy description, and perhaps easy resolution. They did
Author’s Note: This article forms part of an ongoing reading of Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, considered in relation to questions of institutional life, leadership, and governance. These reflections inform a broader body of work at the intersection of philosophical foundations and practical institutional responsibility.
Author’s Note: This article forms part of an ongoing reading of Immanuel Kant’s philosophical corpus, exploring its relevance for organizational leadership and institutional governance.
There is a particular kind of setting in which serious thought becomes possible—not in isolation alone, but in environments where distraction recedes just
This was presented at LeadersConnect at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama, on June 18, 2024, by Shawn D. Mathis, PhD.
Introduction
The responsibility of elders in the Church of Christ is traditionally framed in terms of local oversight: shepherding the congregation, guarding doctrine, and ensuring the spiritual well-being of the
Alexander Campbell is often remembered as a religious reformer, a restorer of primitive Christianity, or a controversial frontier voice in the American religious experiment. Yet to leave him there is to miss something essential.
Campbell was, at his core, an intellectual of unusual discipline and reach—a man whose theological
Submitted on August 25, 2015, to Professor Ben Lockerd as part of the doctoral course, LIT 7324 Literary Analysis: Great Ideas, Authors, and Writings.
Studies in classical literature, such as Plato's Republic (Book X), Ion, and Phaedrus, Aristotle's Poetics, Horace's The Art of Poetry,
